Category: World

A brand new Indonesian Lion Air plane carrying 189 passengers and crew crashed into the sea Monday, officials said, moments after it had asked to be allowed to return to Jakarta. The Boeing-737 MAX, which went into service just months ago, vanished Read more

Leicester City Football Club’s owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was among five people on board a helicopter which crashed and then exploded after an English Premier League match on Saturday. A source close to the club said on Sunday Read more

Comedian Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for sexual assault. Cosby, 81, has also been categorized as a sexually violent predator, meaning he must undergo counselling for life and be listed on the Read more

The Nigerian Government and the United Kingdom have signed bilateral agreements in the areas of defence and security partnership, as well as a comprehensive agreement on economic development. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to reporters Read more

South African police said Thursday that they had boarded a Russian-registered cargo ship allegedly carrying illegal weapons and explosives en route to Lagos, Nigeria. The vessel, named Lada, had reportedly left Madagascar before stopping at Ngqura port outside the eastern Read more

A private search for Flight MH370 will end in the coming days, an exploration firm said on Tuesday, some four years after the plane disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished in March Read more

China’s Central Bank said on Thursday that it has inked a currency swap agreement with Nigeria. The agreement will allow the two sides to swap a total of 15 billion Chinese yuan ($2.35 billion) for 720 billion Nigerian Naira, or Read more

US President Donald Trump will host President Muhammadu Buhari on 30th of April, as both leaders seek ways to combat terrorism. It was gathered that the White House made the announcement on Sunday. Other point of discussion during the visit Read more

Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76, his family said Wednesday. Propelled to superstardom by his 1988 book “A Brief History Read more

A Russian transport plane crashed on landing at Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Syria, killing all 32 on board, the defence ministry said in a statement carried by RIA Novosti. There were 26 passengers and 6 crew, the ministry said. “The Read more